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Case No : 531 Date 2007-12-31

  • Courtesy of Jin Hur, MD, Tae Hoon Kim, MD, Sang Jin Kim, MD. / Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea,
  • Age/Sex 56 / M
  • Chief ComplaintChest X-ray abnormality. Phx: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (Left anterior desceding artery), 10 years ago
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Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Diagnosis
Pulmonary Hamartoma
Radiologic Findings
Chest radiography shows well-defined increased mass opacity in Left apex.
A: Pre-contrast chest CT image shows well-defined 4.8cm sized mass in left apex abutted to the mediastinal pleura.
B: Post-contrast enhanced chest CT image shows well-defined mass with mild contrast enhancement.
The mass shows heterogenous attenuation on pre- and post-contrast CT, composed of low density foci within the mass, suggestive of fatty component. There is no calcification within the mass.
C: On HRCT, well-defined mass is demonstrated in left apex abutted to the mediastinal pleura. Emphysema is seen on both apex with fibrotic change in left apex.
Brief Review
Please refer to
Case 37, Case 308, Case 429,
References
Keywords
Lung, Benign tumor,

No. of Applicants : 51

▶ Correct Answer : 5/51,  9.8%
  • - Lilavati Hospital & Rsearch Centre, Mumbai, India Mahavir Swami
  • - Shiga University of Medical, Japan Norihisa Nitta
  • - National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Chin Chung Shu
  • - Yonsei University college of medicine Severance hospital, Seoul, Korea Hua Sun Kim
  • - CHU Grenoble, France Bing Fabrice
▶ Correct Answer as Differential Diagnosis : 12/51,  23.5%
  • - Dept. of radiology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Korea Bae Geun Oh
  • - Regional Imaging Riverina, Australia Rashid Hashmi
  • - Riverside Radiology Associates, Columbus, Ohio, USA Sumit Seth
  • - Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Chia-Fu Tsai
  • - Gimpo Woori Hospital, Korea Son Youl Lee
  • - Homs National Hospital, Homs - Syria Rami Abou Zalaf
  • - Annecy, France Antoine Marie
  • - IRSA, La Rochelle, France Denis Chabassiere
  • - Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun Turkey Cetin Celenk
  • - IRSA La Rochelle, France Jean-Luc BIGOT
  • - Ultra Care Coimbatore, India Debabrata Das
  • - Vital imaging centre, Mumbai, India Ganesh Agrawal
▶ Semi-Correct Answer : 26/51,  51.0%
  • - Registrar in Radiology, UHL NHS Trust, UK A. Donuru
  • - Bollineni superspeciality hospital nellore, India Jignesh Dubal
  • - CHRU Lille hopital calmette, France Toledano Manuel
  • - Dept. of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India Ram Prakash Galwa
  • - Anandnagar, Hingne Khurd, Pune, India Bankim J. Amin
  • - Pancham MRI, Bareilly, India Praveen Kumar
  • - Vitalife Clinic, Pune, India Rahul Deshmukh
  • - UHN & MSH, University of Toronto, Canada Yon Mi Sung
  • - E-Da Hospital, Taiwan Yu-Feng Wei
  • - Pulmonologist, Medical College Chest Hospital, Thrissur, India Raveendran T.K
  • - Mokpo Hankook Hospital, Korea Sang Uk Park
  • - Oswal Cancer Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India Lovkesh Mittal
  • - Dongguk University International Hospital, Korea Hee Seok Choi
  • - University of Virginia, USA Rachita Khot
  • - Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Korea Eil Seong Lee
  • - Aarthi Advanced CT and MRI scans, Tirunelveli, India Sivasubramanian Srinivasan
  • - Hospital Sotiria, Athens, Greece Vasilios Tzilas
  • - EKH-Berlin, Germany Michael Weber
  • - Annemasse, Polyclinique De Savoie, France Gay-Depassier Philippe
  • - Annecy hospital, France Gilles Genin
  • - Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA N.B.S. Mani
  • - Max Hospital, New Delhi, India Vickrant Malhotra
  • - Pittwater Radiology, Australia Julie Arora
  • - Armidale Radiology, Australia Saurabh Khandelwal
  • - China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan Jun-Jun Yeh
  • - Cardiovascular Radiology, Aims, New Delhi, India Ashish Gupta
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